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Girgarre <strong>Gazette</strong> <strong>June</strong> <strong>2019</strong> Page 2<br />
COTTAGE COORDINATOR’S CATCH UP<br />
Greetings everyone! Wow, what a busy month we<br />
have had. We held our second annual Mother’s Day<br />
Classic and with the wonderful sponsorship from Kerr’s<br />
AMCAL Pharmacy and Landcare (coordinated by the lovely<br />
Jo Doolan) we raised $1300 for breast cancer research. I<br />
would like to acknowledge Sandy Fletcher from the Post<br />
office, for all of her pre-event publicity, Tenealle Nicholson,<br />
for being the go-between for us and the Football Netball Club<br />
and Clare Kerr.<br />
It was a very early start for Mother’s Day (I was up at<br />
5.30am and thank goodness it was Mother’s Day or I do not<br />
think my children would have forgiven me for waking them<br />
up at 6am!). At the venue by 7am, with the faithful volunteers<br />
turning up at 7.15am. We had 40 participants,<br />
10 volunteers and Kara and myself.<br />
It was a wonderful morning, the walking track is<br />
beautiful and very safe. So the participants (if they were not<br />
running) could walk, talk and relax without having to worry<br />
about traffic and crossing roads. As this event coincides with<br />
the Farmers Market, we could saunter across the road for a<br />
coffee and breakfast after the event.<br />
All of the feedback I received was extremely positive,<br />
except for one lady from<br />
Shepparton who said the 7.45am start was a tad early,<br />
though she would still much prefer our event to the one being<br />
held over there as it was far too big. Good things come in<br />
small packages.<br />
On Tuesday 21 May we had our Biggest Morning Tea.<br />
What a wonderful day! Well done to Kara for running this<br />
event and Loraine, Cora and Debra for all of your assistance.<br />
The smiles and laughter, not to mention the food made it<br />
very enjoyable. A highlight of the day was the plant auction,<br />
thanks Avis Weller, not too sure if your auctioneering skills<br />
are legal, but they are funny. All up 44 people attended raising<br />
$876.10 for Cancer research. I have to admit, we were<br />
packed in like sardines-not able to walk between the tables,<br />
which did enhance the community feel as platters were<br />
passed and drinks were handed down the table. This has led<br />
to us deciding next year we will hold this event in the hall and<br />
open the invitation to more people and carry out greater<br />
promotion. So pop this one on your calendar and grab those<br />
friends.<br />
Our Facebook page is reaching more and more people and is<br />
sharing lots of information about what is happening in town<br />
and events which are occurring in this region. If you have not<br />
already liked our page, please search Girgarre Community<br />
Cottage and remember to like and share. Thank you!<br />
https://www.facebook.com/GirgarreCommunityCottage/<br />
I need some assistance please. Our seniors are a lovely<br />
bunch of people, but it has been brought to my attention that<br />
there are many more in town we are not seeing. So I am<br />
organising a senior’s lunch for the 30 th of July, both for our<br />
current seniors and extending a personalised invitation to all<br />
the seniors of Girgarre. I do have a list of names, but not sure<br />
I have everyone. So if you know of a senior or are one, please<br />
get in touch with me; by phone 5854 6482, email<br />
girgarrenh@bigpond.com or drop in.<br />
Thanking you in advance. Bye for now, Kezia
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